Section DS19

Defence Secretariat 19 was disbanded in September 1983. It was formed to advise the then Secretary of State for Defence on how best to explain to the public the facts about the Government's policy on deterrence and multilateral disarmament.

Defence Secretariat 19 was set up in February 1983 and disbanded in September 1983. The number of staff employed was eight and the costs of the unit were confined to the salaries of those eight posts and associated administrative costs which totalled approximately £142,000 at 1983 prices.